Birthday fun.

On Morgan's birthday, my friend Melanie and her cute kids came over and brought her some darling clothes and a cute dog toy. We bought her a little cake and took her to Carl's Jr. for dinner. She loves to play in the kid area!

This is Janika's friend party. She had a play-doh party. I made a ton of play-dough for the occasion (I have an awesome recipe for that stuff). She had 19 friends attended, so with my kids that made 22 little kids. They all seemed to have a blast. Janika got some awesome gifts, people around here are really generous.

Sunday, was Janika's official birthday, so we had a family dinner party for my 2 November girls. I fed 27 people. We had sloppy Joe's, chips, pasta salad, cherry pie filling salad and pistachio salad, I was cooking all morning. My mom brought her most amazing secret recipe cheese balls too. MMMMM! Morgan and Janika got some lovely gifts and had a really great time. Ivan and I are tired!

This is the cake. Red Velvet Cake.... Have you ever had one of these babies? I am not talking about the ones that you buy at the store, or the cake mix, or the ones you get in cupcake form at the Golden Corral. I am talking about a true homemade southern red velvet cake. This cake number 2, the first one was so beautiful and perfect, but we ate it before I thought about taking a photo. Do you want a slice? I still have half of it, better hurry! Michaels babysitter in NC introduced this cake to us and we used to pay her to make them for us. Now I can make them all on my own, now that I have time for it.

I had to report on Janika's beloved cupcake maker. What a joke! Seriously, the frosting thing doesn't even work. She absolutely loves it and never questioned why her cupcake didn't turn out like the one on the box. I learned that anything looks good with some sprinkles on it. Perhaps I will sprinkle myself.

That was our birthday fun, in short version. Can't wait for my turn in January!